Laundry unit



' Dec. 26, 1933. NELSON 1,940,809

LAUNDRY UN I T Filed Aug. 18, 1952 Tk m Patented Dec. 26,1933v UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a laundry unit designed for use in connection with an ironing board, said unit serving as a means for heating flat irons and at the same time supporting them in such positions that they can be readily slid onto and off the board.

A further object is to provide a steam heated unit which can be installed readily and provides a simple, inexpensive, and efficient means for heating the irons without the danger incident to the use of fire and Without the high cost of current and upkeep resulting from the employment of electrically heated irons.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the v scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown. In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the unit combined with an ironing board, a portion of which has been broken away, there-being a fiat iron in 7 position on the unit.

Figure 2 is an enlarged section on line 2-2, Figure 1. I I

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-'3, Figure 2. Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a rigid standard having a head bracket 3 from which ears 4 are extended over the head 2. Theseears project intoslots 5 formed in one end of an ironing board 6 and when this ironing board is in use it rests flat upon the head 2 and can so be supported at a remote point by a leg '7. A pivot bolt 8 is extended transversely through the ironing board and the ears 4 provide a hinge connection between the'parts.

A metal box 9 is mounted the bracket 3 and has its side and end walls and its bottom covered with an insulating material indicated at 10'. The top surface of the box is made smooth and flat and preferably substantially flush with the 'top surface of the board 6. The top and bottom portions of the box have posts 11 cast integral therewith so as to reinforce the box. A steam supply pipe suitably insulated opens into one'end of the box, as shown at 12 and a. steam outlet pipe also suitably insulated extends downwardly from the bottom of the box, as indicated at 13, this outlet 2 preferably made integral with a yoke-like being located preferably near that end of thebox remote from the inlet pipe 12. In the outlet pipe may be provided an aperture disk 14 for controlling the escape of steam through the pipe and thereby'maintaining a desired pressure in the box.

The pipes 12 and 13 supplementthe standard 1 and bracket 2 as supports for the box 9 and it is to be understood that pipe 12 is to be located at that end of the box 9 remote from the operator.

In practice steam is admitted to box 9 and will quickly raise the temperature thereof to a high degree. The top surface of the box is the only portion exposed and this is adapted to support a 7 set of flat irons one of which has been indicated at I in Figure 1. When the irons have been heated to the required temperature the operator slides'cne of them onto the board 6 and after the iron has become too cool for further useit is slid back onto the box and another heated iron put Obviously it is possible, at low cost and. no danger, to keep on hand at all times a supply of properly heated'flat irons any one of which can be readily brought into position with minimum exerv steam;

, What'is claimed is:

A'l'aundry unit including a standard, ahead thereon, a yoke-like bracket extended from one endof the head, an ironing board hingedly connected to the yoke and resting normally on the head, a steam heated box removably supported in the yoke-like bracket with its top surface substantially flush with the corresponding surface of the ironing board, separate means for directing steam to and from the box, and posts in the box for reinforcing the top surface of the box, said surface constituting means for supporting flat irons in position to slide onto and off of the board, and an insulating covering on the walls and bottom of thesteam box for protection of the 11581. GEORGE NELSON. 

